Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: October 2023

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  • October 6, 2023

Legions of Critical Infrastructure Devices Subject to Cyber Targeting

Nearly 100,000 ICS devices have been found open to the public Internet, potentially threatening physical safety globally. Here’s how to quantify the risk.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 6, 2023

Quash EDR/XDR Exploits With These Countermeasures

With tools and hacker groups constantly evading defenses, expanding cybersecurity beyond endpoint security becomes crucial.

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  • October 6, 2023

Qakbot malware’s creators ride again, despite FBI takedown

While the Qakbot banking Trojan was eradicated in August by a large-scale law enforcement operation, the people behind it are still active and pose a threat to users, researchers said today. According to a report from Cisco’s Talos threat intelligence group, its experts can say with “moderate confidence” that the creators and operators of Qakbot […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 6, 2023

‘Operation Jacana’ Reveals DinodasRAT Custom Backdoor

The previously undocumented data exfiltration malware was part of a successful cyber-espionage campaign against the Guyanese government, likely by the Chinese.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
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  • October 6, 2023

Troubleshooting the MFA in Lambda— Local Testing and Lambda Do Not Match

ACM.327 Resolved some issues, others could not due to misleading error messages and mismatched environments Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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Security Breaches Shake Up Canada’s Friendly Skies

Security Breaches Shake Up Canada’s Friendly Skies A Quick Checklist for Concerned Business Leaders Mayday! Mayday! A recent cyberattack almost grounded Canada’s aviation giant. International hackers are gunning for Air Canada. The full extent of the damage has not been disclosed, but it appears that employee data—not customer information or flight operations—was compromised. Unfortunately, hacks […]

Cyber Thoughts

China Poised to Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure with Cyber-Attacks, Microsoft Warns

Microsoft’s annual digital defense report found a rise in Chinese state-affiliated groups attempting to infiltrate sectors like medical infrastructure and telecommunication

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  • October 5, 2023

QakBot Threat Actors Still in Action, Using Ransom Knight and Remcos RAT in Latest Attacks

Despite the disruption to its infrastructure, the threat actors behind the QakBot malware have been linked to an ongoing phishing campaign since early August 2023 that led to the delivery of Ransom Knight (aka Cyclops) ransomware and Remcos RAT. This indicates that “the law enforcement operation may not have impacted Qakbot operators’ spam delivery infrastructure […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Malicious Ads in Bing Chat

Malicious ads are creeping into chatbots.

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends